Machine Tools and Industrial Components
Improving the service life of bushings in mechanical presses.
Identification of new bushing materials, treatments and solid lubricants for application in presses for automotive lines.
Protection of high-temperature installations
Materials for furnace lining and PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) processes.
Lightening of components for the machine tool sector.
New material for the replacement of steel plates with a lighter and equally resistant material, which work submerged in water with chemicals.
Steel Coating Oil & Gas sector
Coatings or treatments for the protection of steel parts working in a marine environment. Challenge: Different conditions in marine environment.
Replacement of rubber with abrasion-resistant machinable material
The search for a machinable material for the manufacture of heavy industrial machinery components with high abrasion resistance.